Mainstream Nashville’s attempts to engage with a Spanish-speaking audience have been hit-or-miss, despite the obvious similarities between country music and Tejano or Norteño. Freddy Fender is probably the best-known example — his “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” hit Number One in 1975 — but other artists, like Rick Trevino and Johnny Rodriguez, have also enjoyed periods of radio chart success.
Frank Ray is the latest performer to draw connections between those worlds, and the New Mexico-raised former law-enforcement officer’s major-label debut, “Streetlights,” gets it right. Where other contemporary country singers love...
Frank Ray is the latest performer to draw connections between those worlds, and the New Mexico-raised former law-enforcement officer’s major-label debut, “Streetlights,” gets it right. Where other contemporary country singers love...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
As social distancing becomes a part of everyday life, married singer-songwriters Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer have released their intimate new single, a cover of one of Merle Haggard’s biggest hits, “That’s the Way Love Goes.” The result is a romantic duet that provides the aural equivalent of a warm embrace.
“That’s the way love goes, babe, that’s the music God made/For all the world to sing, it’s never old it grows,” the pair sings together in the simple yet affecting chorus. “Losing makes me sorry,...
“That’s the way love goes, babe, that’s the music God made/For all the world to sing, it’s never old it grows,” the pair sings together in the simple yet affecting chorus. “Losing makes me sorry,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker remains the “female Elvis,” a moniker she earned from the King himself more than 40 years ago. For nearly two hours during her “Tanya Tucker & Friends” show on Sunday night, the charismatic entertainer karate-chopped, high-kicked, and hip-thrusted her way across the stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, delivering both songs she transformed into indelible hits when she was just a teenager and material off her Grammy-nominated album While I’m Livin’. It was a scenery gobbling performance, but a master class in how to inject actual spontaneity into a country music concert.
- 1/13/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles released Abbey Road, the result of the group’s final recording sessions together after nearly a decade of revolutionizing the music industry and popular culture throughout the world. Taking its name from the London thoroughfare running past the Emi Recording Studios (officially renamed Abbey Road Studios in 1970), the album celebrates its half-century mark with the release of deluxe and super-deluxe versions boasting new mixes and bonus tracks.
As influential as the Beatles’ music has been for generations of pop and rock artists, country...
As influential as the Beatles’ music has been for generations of pop and rock artists, country...
- 9/27/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
After re-recording the hits of Brooks & Dunn with guest stars like Luke Combs and Jon Pardi on this spring’s Reboot, Ronnie Dunn tackles the songs of his influences on the upcoming album Re-Dunn.
A massive collection of 24 songs, the record includes the cowboy singer’s interpretations of hits by a diverse group of artist, including the Eagles, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Rodriguez, Merle Haggard, and Eric Clapton. Dunn also covers two songs by George Strait: “The Cowboy Rides Away” and “Amarillo by Morning.” He premieres the latter today,...
A massive collection of 24 songs, the record includes the cowboy singer’s interpretations of hits by a diverse group of artist, including the Eagles, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Rodriguez, Merle Haggard, and Eric Clapton. Dunn also covers two songs by George Strait: “The Cowboy Rides Away” and “Amarillo by Morning.” He premieres the latter today,...
- 9/6/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Dennis Quaid’s career is bustin’ out all over. The actor-turned-rocker demonstrated his range Saturday night, taking the stage at Los Angeles music club the Mint with his band The Sharks. The group delivered a raucous set that had the audience of more than 200 on its feet as Quaid danced through the crowd, belted like a Delta bluesman and briefly abandoned his acoustic guitar to tackle the keyboard with flying fingers, his denim-clad derriere, his chest and the heels of his cowboy boots. The over-the-the top physical display – a nod to Jerry Lee Lewis, who Quaid portrayed in 1989’s “Great Balls of Fire!” – was an apt metaphor for a guy whose debut album is “Out of the Box.”
Quaid’s unboxed activities include narrating iHeart Media’s new “Bear and a Banjo” podcast, announced Sunday, March 10, at SXSW. “I’m really excited about it, because podcasting is a new medium...
Quaid’s unboxed activities include narrating iHeart Media’s new “Bear and a Banjo” podcast, announced Sunday, March 10, at SXSW. “I’m really excited about it, because podcasting is a new medium...
- 3/11/2019
- by Paula Parisi
- Variety Film + TV
Whitey Shafer, the songwriter of numerous hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, Moe Bandy and others, died on Saturday following a long illness, family friend Corey Frizzell has confirmed. He was 84.
Born Sanger D. Shafer on October 24th, 1934, in Whitney, Texas, Shafer grew up in a gospel-singing family but didn’t write his first song until he was 30 years old. The nickname “Whitey” was bestowed on him during high school when he was employed by a local ironworking company. Following a stint in the Army and a series of jobs...
Born Sanger D. Shafer on October 24th, 1934, in Whitney, Texas, Shafer grew up in a gospel-singing family but didn’t write his first song until he was 30 years old. The nickname “Whitey” was bestowed on him during high school when he was employed by a local ironworking company. Following a stint in the Army and a series of jobs...
- 1/14/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Linda Ronstadt’s extraordinary genre-hopping career encompassed more than two dozen studio LPs and several greatest-hits compilations but one format that had been missing from her discography until now was a live album. On February 1st, Rhino will issue Live in Hollywood, featuring 12 performances handpicked by Ronstadt from a 1980 concert originally filmed for HBO.
Recorded at Hollywood’s Television Center Studios on April 24th, 1980, to coincide with the release of Ronstadt’s underappreciated Mad Love LP, Live in Hollywood includes a mix of rock, pop and country tunes the singer...
Recorded at Hollywood’s Television Center Studios on April 24th, 1980, to coincide with the release of Ronstadt’s underappreciated Mad Love LP, Live in Hollywood includes a mix of rock, pop and country tunes the singer...
- 12/14/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Briana DeJesus is dipping her feet back into the dating pond. On Wednesday night, the Teen Mom 2 star surprised fans on Instagram when she posted a photo with a new man. "My sweet love, thank you for shining your light into the darkness that was surrounding me," she shared while posing in front of a roller coaster during date night. "#wealmostdiedonthatridetho lol." So who is this new man making Briana smile from ear to ear? According to reports, the special guy is Johnny Rodriguez. Soon after, however, Briana cryptically tweeted: "His name is not even Johnny smh. People are so weird." As for her relationship status with this new guy, the proud mom said it's all very...
- 9/20/2018
- E! Online
Exclusive: Jonah Platt has been tapped to don the cowboy hat and the signature mustache of Country Songwriter Hall of Famer Dean Dillon in Tennessee Whiskey The Musical: The Story of Dean Dillon.
The upcoming jukebox musical is written by Dewey Moss and will feature songs of Dillon, who has written for George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart, and more. The story will follow the country star’s life and how his music defined a generation. It will also dive into his personal struggles with alcoholism and drugs but more importantly, his redemption and success in the music industry.
The musical will feature number 1 hit songs such as “The Chair”, “Unwound”, “Marina Del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” “She Calls It Love”, “I’m Lying In Love With You”, “I’m Into the Bottle”, and of course, the titular “Tennessee Whiskey...
The upcoming jukebox musical is written by Dewey Moss and will feature songs of Dillon, who has written for George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart, and more. The story will follow the country star’s life and how his music defined a generation. It will also dive into his personal struggles with alcoholism and drugs but more importantly, his redemption and success in the music industry.
The musical will feature number 1 hit songs such as “The Chair”, “Unwound”, “Marina Del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” “She Calls It Love”, “I’m Lying In Love With You”, “I’m Into the Bottle”, and of course, the titular “Tennessee Whiskey...
- 8/28/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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